As of January 2024, #India's #railway network is 94% electric.
"Indian Railways has become the country’s largest consumer of electricity, and the impact of this shift towards #electrification on the country’s #EnergyIndependence is significant."
Don’t ever let anyone tell you TX is an “oil” state given their massive wind power generation and now news like this re: grid solar (this doesn’t even include rooftop solar generation!):
"Last year, then prime minister Liz Truss attempted to block #solar from most of #England’s farmland. The plans were deeply controversial and unpopular, and were dropped when she left office.
However, solar panels in the countryside are disliked by many rural Conservative MPs, and the Observer can reveal that #Sunak and environment secretary Thérèse #Coffey have revived plans to put new restrictions on this form of cheap #RenewableEnergy."
"#EdMiliband is to announce Labour’s plan for an energy independence act that would boost Britain’s #EnergyIndependence and cut bills for families.
The party says the bill will enable a #Labour government to establish a #UK electricity system fully based on clean power by 2030, with the largest expansion of renewable power in #Britain’s history, and establish “#GBEnergy”, a publicly owned energy company announced by Keir Starmer last year."
It can take years to fully recoup the cost of system installation. Therefore, making sure that your #solar panel system is built to last is imperative. The longer your system lasts, the more money you save.
uying a home is a major investment. And choosing a home with an already-installed #SolarEnergy system is a great way to save on energy bills, reduce carbon emissions, and increase your home’s #EnergyIndependence. Like any water heater, fridge, or other home appliance, however, there are questions you should ask before signing the dotted line📝:
Pretty impressed at what my new solar panels (and battery) have done to my bills. Installed on 5th June and the last three electricity bills really show the difference...
20th May bill
432kWh used, cost £157.43
20th June
261.2kWh, £101.93
22nd July
46.8kWh, £30.56
Incredible! Plus, in the latest bill I exported 225.7kWh after filling the battery and car, earning £21.59.
The heat pump gets added in September so we'll see how that changes things.
"A cynical $13 million advertising campaign launched by #FossilFuel interests in 1997 to prevent US ratification of the #Kyoto#climate treaty made the case that the US was doing more than its fair share ... in efforts to mitigate #ClimateChange.
Public opinion on climate has never shaken that mentality: Americans have long felt they carry an unfair burden but, surprisingly, #EmergingEconomies are the ones making the big gains on #renewables."
"Still, many energy analysts think #China’s #coal use could peak as early as next year.
To be sure, lowering #emissions is not the only motive here. What China wants is #EnergyIndependence. It’s building coal plants to replace expensive, imported gas. It is fast-tracking solar and wind so it can move away from coal imports.
But in #climate terms, it doesn’t matter why countries reduce their carbon emissions, only that they do."
You know what big electricity companies, authorities and lobbyists REALLY fear? That with (hyperlocal) solar, wind and a bit of storage capacity (batteries, hydro and yes, the batteries in EV) we can turn a lot of places/small villages/city quarters into autark zones, where households can get electricity effectively for free, with maybe a low flatrate to keep the infrastructure humming. A local, federated grid along the "help your neighbours" principle.
@jwildeboer
This freedom from fossil fuels is inspiring! I’m wondering if it can be scaled up?
Also, I spend a few weeks in southern New Jersey USA each summer, and in the last few years there’s been fierce debate on a plan to build windmill farms 15 miles off the coast. I think this is an electric company project, so are some electric companies in favor of self-sufficiency or are they just trying to monetize it? #windfarms#environment#energyindependence